Voightlander lens

**James Tremills** · 30-Jun-2001, 10:51

Describe a Voightlander Brilliant lens in Compur shutter.

**Dave Willison** · 30-Jun-2001, 12:30

James:

Here is an educated guess. The lens is probably a taking lens (as opposed to viewing lens) pulled off a pre-war Voigtlander Brillant TLR medium format camera. The lens could be a Skopar or Heliar. I would guess that the lens covers 6x6.

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**Dave Willison** · 30-Jun-2001, 12:57

James:

I forgot to add that the Skopar is listed by Kingslake as a Tessar design. The Heliar, again according to Kingslake, was a modified triplet design which appeared just before the Tessar.

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**Geoffrey_1456** · 30-Jun-2001, 22:09

Voigtlander Brilliant started around 1932. All taking lenses are 7.5 cm, for 6x6 of course. They are under names like Voigtar, Skopar, Heliar, and Vaskar. Heliar appeared after 1938. I have seen Apo- Lanthar fitted on a Brilliant, but I believe it was an after market replecement. Most Brilliant cameras have either Compur or Rapid Compur shutters. Compur shutters have speed range from T, B, 1 ... 1/250 second, and Rapid Compur have T, B, 1 ... 1/400 second.